Community Benefits Report

The Community Benefits Law, which went into effect in New Hampshire on January 1, 2000, refers to health care charitable trusts' activities that are intended to address community health needs, which may include (but are not limited to) the following:

Charity care

Financial or in-kind support of public health programs

Allocation of funds, property, services or other resources that contribute to community health care needs

Donation of funds, property, services or other resources which promote or support a healthier community

Health education and prevention activities, or services to a vulnerable population

Support of medical research and education

Training of health care practitioners

The law mandates that all healthcare charitable trusts with fund balances exceeding $100,000 must develop a needs assessment, a community plan, and a summary of accomplishments and submit a comprehensive report on the above to the Attorney General, Director of Charitable Trusts. This includes several Elliot Health System entities.